Project Report - La Trobe University
Project Report - La Trobe University
Project Report - La Trobe University
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The intangible results <strong>Project</strong> outcomes<br />
Less tangible than the educational materials, but in<br />
some ways far more valuable, are the relationships<br />
formed as a result of the entire experience, and the<br />
opportunity to learn from each other.<br />
The beginnings of long-lasting relationships<br />
Dananao Elementary School, as well as the broader<br />
Ichananaw community, has been able to develop<br />
its networks with other organizations through the<br />
course of the project. The outcome is a series of<br />
new partnerships and friendships with potential to<br />
blossom into long-lasting, fruitful relationships in<br />
the coming years. The key organizations and<br />
individuals which we helped link to the school are:<br />
Ateneo Center for Educational Development<br />
The school had already been ‘adopted’ by the<br />
Ateneo Center for Educational Development as one<br />
of its partner schools in 2008 through our<br />
introduction of the two organizations to each<br />
other. But during this project their relationship<br />
deepened as they partnered together to develop<br />
the indigenized educational materials at the core of<br />
our project. Also, over the five months, the school<br />
received several quality educational materials,<br />
including lesson guides for teachers and<br />
workbooks and reading books for students. We<br />
have transported these to the community on our<br />
several trips from Manila to Kalinga. Ateneo has<br />
already expressed its intention to continue its<br />
support of the school through similar targeted<br />
interventions, so we are confident this relationship<br />
will continue into the future.<br />
Cartwheel Foundation<br />
This is a Philippines-based NGO which supports<br />
education in remote indigenous communities. We<br />
brought a staff member of Cartwheel Foundation<br />
to visit the community in February 2009, which led<br />
to Cartwheel Foundation running its Music and<br />
Arts Program in Chananaw. This will also<br />
contribute to the development of indigenized<br />
Key Cartwheel Foundation members attended the<br />
July 10, 2009 NAIDOC Week morning tea at the<br />
Australian Embassy, at which we presented our<br />
project. From left to right: Cartwheel Foundation’s<br />
Coleen Rae P. Ramirez (Communications and<br />
Development Officer), Rojean Edith C. Macalalad<br />
(Executive Director), Maria, Gaspar Dawing (Barangay<br />
Captain of Chananaw) and Cartwheel Foundation’s<br />
Michael ‘Ambo’ Tito P. Ubanan (Programs Officer).